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Canada lives here : the case for public broadcasting / Wade Rowland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowland, Wade, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public broadcasting.
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Westmount, Quebec : Linda Leith Publishing, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Canada Lives Here tells the tumultuous story of public broadcasting in Canada, from its inception in 1933 to the CBC's current, controversial attempts to adapt to collapsing revenues and new technologies. It explores in detail the struggle to preserve public space and foster community in an environment devoted to profit-making, arguing that the ideals of public service broadcasting are more relevant now than ever. Rowland, author of the influential Saving the CBC: Balancing Profit and Public Service (2013), identifies the issues crucial to the CBC's survival and proposes carefully considered policy options. This is a book for everyone who wants to understand what's really at stake with the threatened eclipse of the nation's most important cultural institution."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Unique History
- Chapter 2 Television and the Private Sector's Conquest
- Chapter 3 Canadian Content: A Mutable Feast
- Chapter 4 Public Broadcasting as an Ideal
- Chapter 5 The CBC as Commercial Broadcaster
- Chapter 6 Defining Quality in Public Broadcasting
- Chapter 7 Public Broadcasting and the News
- Chapter 8 Success Stories: Radio and the French Language Services
- Chapter 9 The Public Broadcaster in the Digital Era
- Chapter 10 Revitalizing the CBC.
- Notes:
- Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-927535-83-2
- 1-927535-85-9
- OCLC:
- 929154545
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